{"id":2006,"date":"2013-04-05T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2006-facades-performance-symposium-introduction-to-parametric-design.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:09:35","slug":"facades-performance-symposium-introduction-to-parametric-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/facades-performance-symposium-introduction-to-parametric-design","title":{"rendered":"Facades+ PERFORMANCE Symposium: Introduction to Parametric Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- s9ymdb:33242 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Cooper-Union_Feature.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, April 12th Ronnie Parsons from <a href=\"http:\/\/lab.modecollective.nu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mode Collective<\/a> will host a full day of hands-on workshop as part of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/facade.archpaper.com\/ny2013\/day-2-technology-workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Facades+ PERFORMANCE<\/a>. A series of workshops designed to provide professionals and academics with the skills and knowledge to work with cutting edge technologies in a fast-paced and intensive environment. AIA\/CES &nbsp;LU credits approved. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>INTRODUCTION TO PARAMETRIC DESIGN, a workshop geared towards professional workflow for beginners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This workshop will focus on the fundamental concepts and workflows for creating performance-based design models with the parametric design tool, Grasshopper for Rhino3D. Combining the intuition of visual programming with the robustness of parametric design, Grasshopper offers unprecedented fluidity throughout the development of a project. 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